National guard veteran and Fox News presenter has been a critic of military and has minimal managerial experience

Summary

Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth, a Fox News presenter with minimal managerial experience, as defense secretary has stunned the Pentagon.

Hegseth has been a vocal critic of the military, calling for a purge of generals and questioning the appointment of Gen. Charles Brown as chair of the joint chiefs of staff.

Hegseth’s nomination is seen as a boost for the far right in Israel, as he has shown support for territorial expansion and suggested the construction of a new temple on the Temple Mount.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    446·
    5 days ago

    It feels like you’re just trying to downplay what Palestinians are actively going through under Biden to push on the angle of Trump being worse.

    “Palestinians are being genocided, but that doesn’t mean that the genocide can’t happen faster or in a more bloody manner”

    “I think you’re just trying to downplay what Palestinians are going through under Biden”

    ???

    For nearly a century it’s been a state of apartheid, the genocide in earnest started after oct.

    No. It really didn’t start in October.

    The UN and many other institutions have raised huge concerns over it.

    Yes, they have, and rightfully so. The escalation of the genocide to where it is now is a major atrocity, beyond where the genocide was before.

    Don’t be fooled for a single fucking second that this is as bad as it gets.

    • cygnus@lemmy.ca
      262·
      5 days ago

      Exactly, it’s such a bizarre statement. It’s like saying ghettoes and the holocaust were the same thing.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        192·
        5 days ago

        I’m also guessing that the people in Gaza who are still alive think that it could definitely get worse. What with them not being dead yet.